the sound of your racing heart

meh. not impressed by these kinds of rappers anymore.
the beats are boring. the flow is boring. their attitude is bad and they have no passion in their voice. it's just slop. I've heard AI lo-fi tracks with more personality and emotion than these washed up rappers have.
jestergooning

@Rocketman
, you don't want miss this.
the sound of your racing heart

i beg your pardon?
the sound of your racing heart

she's our resident garbage collector
oscar the grouch in catfish form

I don't believe you listen to this garbage
jestergooning

yes, that's true, certainly. that being said tho, i'm listening to new release of another one of my fav rappers, Che Noir, which she dropped just a week ago. it's much smoother and chilled than any of the other dark twisted albums we discussed today, and just perfect for insomniac me at 5am. and album is aonly 22 minutes long. she's really good with her bars as well. this is the lead single.
the sound of your racing heart

So, like I said, "Community" showed up in my recommended videos and I listened to it first. Then "VCRs" was suggested right beside it. Hearing those two prompted me to check out the entire album. "On McAfee" and "K-Word" are the others that instantly made my playlist on first listen, but as with all great albums something new catches my ear with every listen. "Sk8" and "YouUgly" are definitely standouts. Honestly I'd agree with most of your list.
I definitely agree that there is some filler, but I'm seeing that across the board these days. Albums in general seem to be getting longer and longer, probably as a result of the streaming era and there no longer being a need to confine things to the length allowed by a CD or a record. That can be useful, for sure, but artists need to realize that it's ok not to release everything you record or to save some of it for lower-tier EPs or mixtapes.
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yep great album. it does have a valley tho of like 2-3 weaker tracks when the amazing run before slows down for some cringey soul singing lol but it picks up again then runs with the briliiant production, writing, flow, and flawless rapping. all these crazy beat switch ups are ****ing genius and JID has such an uniquely energetic flow on top of this off kilter and wobbly yet dark bumbling volatile beat. that is simply one-of-a kind technique only JiD masters, adopting a flow and voice he has never done before, erratic and totally insane. there's only one rapper like JID and that's JID
i mean come on, listen to this and then tell me i'm lying. i fgging dare you.
what are your fav tracks on the album? these are mine lol
Community (feat. Clipse) (v)
YouUgly (feat. Westside Gunn)
Of Blue (feat. Mereba)
On McAfee (feat. Baby Kia)
Sk8 (feat. Ciara & EarthGang)
K-Word (feat. Pastor Troy)
WRK (v)
Gz
Glory
VCRs (feat. Vince Staples)
and yet, The Forever Story remains JID's masterpiece which will be really hard to beat, as one of the most defining hip hop albums of the 2020s..
the sound of your racing heart

all good.
hope you're ok and it will sort out soon whatever is going on.

No, you're fine! Life is just intensely crazy right now. But I swear I'm bookmarking all of it to listen to as soon as possible.
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idk if i annoy you with this but since you dropped the hint that you haven't really paid attention to hip hop this year ima help you with that.
so here's another release from this year that's really good and worth checking out. rapper is self-confessed Communist:
Ghais Guevara - Goyard Ibn Said
. here are 3 samples from the album.
also, the new clipping album,
Dead Channel Sky
, is pretty good, altho not as good as their 2 prior albums,
There Existed an Addiction to Blood
&
Visions of Bodies Being Burned
.

Lol same, as much as i appreciate and admire his artistically different approach to hip hop, his delivery and all that mostly goes over my head. or is just plain sleep inducing. i have friends who absolutely adore him and i respect that, but he's not for me. same goes for Injury Reserve. their last album was so ****ing dull lol JPEGMAFIA is brilliant when he's good and angry, but when he's silly and overdoing it, then i'm just put off by the abrasiveness of his particular style bc it feels just empty and calculated rather than raw or real. which he can be. so hard.
Pink Siifu is totally different. dude is a goddman wizard and firecracker, you'll see.

Nope! Will add it to my queue. As always, there's a ton of indie rock and such on my list, so I miss quite a few rap releases. I will say that I gave the new Earl Sweatshirt album a few spins over the weekend and unfortunately didn't really care for it apart from a couple of tracks.
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no objections there, but before you decide AOTY, have you checked out Pink Siifu's new one yet? especially with his new one, he may have FINALLY entered post-rap era as the first hip hop artist ever (a couple have tried before, but not yet really succeeded - Injury Reserve, Death Grips, Earl, JPEGMAFIA)….
anyways this is the masterful album in question. an absolute must-listen:
https://ronee.bandcamp.com/album/black-antique

The JID album is amazing! It's a contender for my album of the year thus far across genres.
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oh yeah, it's a new track. Clipse feature on JID's new album and that's their collab piece. i love JID, his "The Forever Story" album from a couple years back was so fire and so politically relevant and explicit. i love that about JID, i love his new album as well and that track/album single release is fantastic, track of the year material, with everyone involved giving it their all.

I didn't realize they had a new album out. Will check it out tonight. This track did pop up on my recommendations a few weeks ago.
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